*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : YW3050000
CHEMICAL NAME : Vanadium trioxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 1314-34-7
LAST UPDATED : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED : 31
MOLECULAR FORMULA : O3-V2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 149.88
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VA2 O3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Vanadic oxide
* Vanadium oxide
* Vanadium sesquioxide
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 5 uL/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Moderate
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0534591
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 566 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
Liver - other changes
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0534591
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intratracheal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 125 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: AEC-TR-6710
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 130 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,119,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 130 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
ZVKOA6 Zhurnal Vsesoyuznogo Khimicheskogo Obshchestva im. D.I. Mendeleeva.
Journal of the D.I. Mendeleeva All-Union Chemical Society. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.5- 1960-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,186,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0534591
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 18 mg/L
REFERENCE :
TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 50,327,1990
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 1470 ug/L
REFERENCE :
TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 50,327,1990
*** REVIEWS ***
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
85DHAX "Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants Series,"
Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-77
Volume(issue)/page/year: V,46,1974
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.03 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3;STEL 0.1 mg(V205)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.25 mg(V205)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:STEL 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.2 mg(V2O5)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3;STEL 0.25 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO VANADIUM (as V2O5), resp dust/fume-air:CL 0.05 mg/m3/15M
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - A1903
No. of Facilities: 84 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 3
No. of Occupations: 7
No. of Employees: 851 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 18 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Vanadium oxides, 7504
*** END OF RECORD ***